FITs Most Successful Policy for Developing Wind Energy‚ÄîGWEC Says

Feed-in tariffs are the world‚Äôs most effective policy for developing wind energy said the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) this past summer.

While this isn‚Äôt news to proponents of feed-in tariffs or wind energy professionals, it is a remarkable statement by the world‚Äôs largest wind energy trade association.

The statement by the Global Wind Energy Council‚Äôs executive director Steve Sawyer at a conference in Rio de Janeiro and repeated at recent conference in Abu Dhabi sent ripples through the public interest community.